Just tapped my keg of this last night to commemorate Guiness's 250th anniversay. Aged 8 weeks and it's a fine stout.

BTW, I'd asked in a separate thread about using WL California Ale yeast for this (as suggested in Ray Daniels book). I used it and it came out quite well. Maybe slightly less fruity(?), but nice and dry. Going to do a side by side w/a Guiness Draught tonight.

I brewed this up last night with 4.5lbs of 2 row and about 2lbs LME. It is fermenting quite happily. I got 70% efficiency with a BIAB method. What a great way to get started with mashing: it's so nice to see that wort get impossibly black.